All six shared one thing in common -- not a single one of them were drafted by the Flyers.

In fact, the Flyers have a consistent issue with things like that. Since the lost season of 2004-05, the Flyers have not gotten more than 150 games played from a defensemen they drafted and only one home grown defensemen has played more than 200 games in a Flyers uniform since that time, Randy Jones, an undrafted defender.

In Part 2 of the feature about the pending difficulty of December, John Russo discusses possible moves the Flyers could make to sure up their blue line.

History states the Flyers have no problem with making trades that they feel help them "win now." It also states there is no way they let two untested rookies see nearly 20 minutes of ice time for the next 4-6 weeks.